Brexit: Health & Safety Update Feb 2019 article As the UK is expected to leave the EU on 29 March, a number of key areas of concern have emerged in respect of health and safety protections. Stakeholders in the... READ MORE
What is the Backstop? Feb 2019 article The backstop would be a legally binding agreement between the EU and the UK that neither a hard border nor checks will be reintroduced between Northern Ireland and Ireland after... READ MORE
Changes to Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) Submission Deadline Feb 2019 article The current deadline for submitting a SDLT return and paying the SDLT is 30 days from the effective date of the transaction. From 1 March 2019 this time limit is being reduced to 14... READ MORE
Financial Services Regulation & Compliance - Cross Sectoral January 2019 Feb 2019 article It has been a busy month for cross sectoral updates with the commencement of the Consumer Protection (Regulation of Credit Servicing Firms) Act 2018. We have also seen the publication of... READ MORE
Financial Service Regulation and Compliance - Investment Firms January 2019 Feb 2019 article On the domestic front it has been a relatively quiet month, the Central Bank of Ireland published an update to its Q&As on Investment Firms. On the European front... READ MORE
Financial Service Regulation and Compliance - Insurance January 2019 Feb 2019 article On the domestic front the Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman published legal binding decisions and the Central Bank of Ireland (CBI) issued a consultation paper on a new levy calculation... READ MORE
Financial Service Regulation and Compliance - Funds January 2019 Feb 2019 article On the domestic front the Central Bank of Ireland (CBI) launched a consultation relating to new draft Anti-Money Laundering/Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) guidelines for the financial... READ MORE
Financial Service Regulation and Compliance - Banking January 2019 Feb 2019 article On the domestic front the Department of Finance published a report on Capital Requirements and Macroprudential policy. On the European front we have seen quite a few updates this month.... READ MORE
Modern Slavery – February Update Feb 2019 article The Modern Slavery Act ("the MSA") is an evolving piece of legislation. In an attempt to develop the legislation, the UK Government announced an independent review of the MSA. The... READ MORE
European Union (Anti-Money Laundering: Beneficial Ownership of Trusts) Regulations 2019 Feb 2019 article The European Union (Anti-Money Laundering: Beneficial Ownership of Trusts) Regulations 2019 (the Regulations) were signed by the Minister for Finance and came into force on 29 January 2019. The Regulations require trustees of... READ MORE